---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES"
description: "Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for the Friends of the Historic Narragansett Towers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2176"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 2176 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DiMario"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-16"
last_action: "2026-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed79accf-0831-4605-bd0f-df55410b4c30"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "a8cf23e7ddc6137a603b67501bb8443200c86694d90c3a9524ef0f7446256b50"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---

# Rhode Island SB 2176 (2026) — AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for the Friends of the Historic Narragansett Towers.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **2176** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2176.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **70–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DiMario — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-16** 01/16/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** 02/27/2026 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/04/2026)
- **2026-03-04** 03/04/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2026-05-08** 05/08/2026 Scheduled for consideration (05/14/2026)
- **2026-05-14** 05/14/2026 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-05-15** 05/15/2026 Placed on Senate Calendar (05/21/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-05-21** 05/21/2026 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2026-05-22** 05/22/2026 Referred to House Special Legislation `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-05** 06/05/2026 Scheduled for consideration (06/08/2026)
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-06-08** 06/08/2026 Placed on House Calendar (06/09/2026) `reading-3`
- **2026-06-09** 06/09/2026 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2026-06-18** 06/18/2026 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-06-23** 06/23/2026 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed79accf-0831-4605-bd0f-df55410b4c30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).